May 31, 2010

Quilting waves.

There's been some quilting going on in these parts! And spray basting in the kitchen. Cause I'm bad like that. (Machine Quilting 101 here)

There are also sock monkeys surfing and floating on rafts. Awesome.

Next it's on to the sewing room to get going on the quilting. I might mention that my sewing room is messy. Beyond messy. It's really quite embarrassing. But I'll show you anyway because I know you won't shake your head at me. And I'd like to show you my Mother's Day present.

Try to hold down your lunch. I know stuff everywhere. And I haven't even shown you what's on the floor (yikes). But look at my little tv! We're going to hang it on the wall where that picture is hanging. It's little and cute and plays dvd's too!

Since I had to show you something unfortunate, in the form of an unsightly sewing room, here's something cute, and let's face it, weird. You'd say so too if you met him.

If I ever need to cleanse my brain from something unfortunate, all I have to do is look at fluffy kitty paws.

Now back to our regular programming.

The other side of the mess where I sit to quilt. For my baby nephew's quilt I decided to switch up the quilting a little. I usually do my regular meandering, which I really like, but it was fun to do something a little different.

I thought waves might be fun to go with the swimming monkeys. I found a wavy stitch on my sewing machine, stitch #719 to be exact, and then s t r e t c h e d it out.

I got this little fella quilted while I watched The Holiday on my new tv. A little Jude Law while sewing never hurt anybody, aaaand I really love this movie just for the little English cottage that Iris lives in. It's so cute I can't stand it.

Now it is on to the binding. I'll share some pictures when it's bound and washed and ready for baby snuggles. Thanks for stopping by! x

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You know we quilters would not judge your sewing space. Ours look just like it. It's called creativity! Love the quilt. I wish I could do a stitch like that. Love my Janome but it does not do a lengthy wavy stitch. Darn.

The room is soooo sweet, we just ignore the "mess" around!!! The new quilting pattern matches perfectly to the fabrics and yes, please show us the finished result, when it´s all done!!!
Eh, could I please sit next to you in this lovely room to see Jude???? :o)
Sleep well,
Sabine C. xxx

LOVE the sock monkeys. And aren't you clever to s-t-r-e-t-c-h out your machine's stitch pattern like that! I'm going to have to check out all of the stitch patterns in my machine now to see what possibilities might be lurking in there. An did I say I LOVE the sock monkeys? And the kitty. Gotta love the kitty.

Looooove it! Poor fella has a virus and it's attacking his little baby throat. He's a freak about blankets though so I bet this will make him feel better. :) He drops them on the ground in front of him, places his face on them....without bending his legs, then drops onto the blanket and roll around the living room. You'll see when you visit, it's adorable. Also love the quilt on the wall. As far as the mess goes...hehehehehehe....reminds me of Mom's sewing room. Muuuaaah!

The waves quilting pattern looks great. Goes so well with that cute quilt! I'm so excited for you that you got a tv for your sewing room! What a great gift for a great mom! :-)

I'm glad you posted the link to your machine quilting tutorial. I'm going to be quilting a (relatively) large quilt soon and I'm going to follow your method. I'm excited to try the spray adhesive! Thank for such a great demo! P.S. Kitty looks quite cute and content!

I enjoy a lot your quilting project
I would like to learn quilting with my machine
I had the virus recently but I do not know if I shall arrive. I have the 4000D but I do not even know if it is possible to make these drawings of quilting with it
I make research on the Net to learn, if you have a dvd to advise me, I am taking
Thanks for your photos I speak a little english because I'm French from the West Indies

I can almost smell the fabric and feel the kitty fur as I almost hear your machine going away at that quilt. Thanks for letting us into your room. The tv is wonderful. It is fun to watch a movie and quilt.

Hello
I just discovered your blog and love all your accomplishments. Thank you very much for your sharing. I'm new in the patch and I was looking for a way to quilting wiht my sewing machine my first quilt, a bag with squares with borders with hand applicate flowers (I have found the pattern in a magazine which was published in France: country quilt).
I did a test with the 719 stich which is also on my machine, it's perfect! But how far do you let between the lines of stiches ? What thread do you use for quilt top and bottom (brand, composition of the thread, thickness?) And what color ? Thanks for your answer.
Good day !
Armande (from France)
PS: Sorry if my English is not very good, I'm not used to write like this.

I love love love the Holiday! I must have seen it about a hundred times! Did you know the set people actually built that cottage specifically for the movie? It looks so perfect and old I wouldn't have believed it. They show them doing it in one of the extras on the DVD!